Let’s face it, we’re ALL going to die. Someday.
The key question is what is man doing to spur these volcanoes, and how many multiples of the total of the world’s GDP will have to be spent to stop it...
“Such a volcano results from the accumulation of a giant pool of lava just a few miles below the ground, and there is no known formation anywhere on the planet that is expected to erupt in the immediate future.”
Admittedly didn’t click the link to read more. Yahoo news takes forever to load on dial up.
The quote above from the excerpt left me wondering about Yellowstone, and all the articles scaring the you-know-what out of us about how a huge percentage of the U.S. will go bye-bye when it explodes. NOT IF it explodes, but WHEN it explodes.
Any comments?
Except Yellowstone.
And some places in far east Russia.
I won't worry about what I can't do anything about. But it is good to double-check your insurance should something happen.
/johnny
IOW they haven't reached a "consensus" declaring the science "settled"....look for this right about the time the EPA lackeys finish drafting some horrendous bill for kongress to pass stealing more of our money and freedom.
FYI
So all of this handwringing over “global cooling/warming/change” was for nothing?
Best to remember that we're all here for less than a speck of the larger picture of time and that no one or anything living gets out of here alive. Mortal coils are just that, squishy and vulverable vehicles made up mostly of water. But not to worry. We are souls and we have bodies and squatters' rights to this realm on a very short term lease.
Time for another trillion$ government spending on welfare "entitlements."
That cures everything!
< /sarc >
“global suicide lurking right below our feet?”
OK, here is what is behind this article: a bunch of vulcanologist are having a hard time finding employment.
What if YOU devoted 12 years to studying volcanoes and now need to pay student loans while your parents are wondering when you will move out of the basement?
SO, you write papers about the new GLOBAL CATASTROPHE AT ANY MOMENT from exploding mountains.
But wait! We don’t have enough information about the GLOBAL CATASTROPHE AT ANY MOMENT!
Quick! We must hire as many vulcanologists to study the impending doom as the Federal budget will permit!
This tactic is just like the Killer Bees, H1N1, mass extinction of sharks and global warming and ozone depletion scare — employment insurance for obscure science.
What was Algore thinking when he invented volcanos???
Rev 8:5
And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast [it] into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
Jam 5:3
Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
Rev 14:18
And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
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This Is the Way the World Ends? Volcanoes Could Darken World
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and this is why we must outlaw fracking right now/sarc
Anything real makes global warming look trivial, which is why liberals shouldn’t be scaring us with tales of super volcanos. They can’t be blamed on man, unless some nut ties them to fracking.
Blame it on Bush. Why not? The leftists have blamed him for everything from Pompei to the extinction of the dinosaur.
Volcanoes - Nature’s superfarts.
Remember the guidelines for what to do if the news reports a super volcano is expected to explode shortly in your general area:
- Secure valuable on your person (keys, cell phone, wallet, change, etc.) in (preferably) hard case container and keep near you.
- Loosen your collar
- Switch to loose fitting slippers or shoes that can be removed quickly
- Remove your belt and loosen the top fastener on your pants
- Sit in a comfortable chair, bending your head way over and as far down between your thighs as possible (you may need to grasp your ankles to do this)
- Kiss your ass goodbye
Personally I now believe a giant meteor of burning oil will hit a huge CO2-filled super volcano and that will be it.
/sarc